The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Wildfire |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 1,023,022 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 167,595 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2022-04-22T20:30:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2022-04-29T12:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | KANSAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | DECATUR |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Other Federal Agency |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A significant weather system impacted the High Plains throughout the day on April 22nd and into the early morning hours of April 23rd. This weather system was not only a prolific wind producer, which led to many reports of high wind and wind damage, but also dust storm conditions and several large fires to occur. The largest fire occurred in northeast Decatur County, burning north into Nebraska. This fire was not extinguished until the 29th. During the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd, storms began to form along a dryline across northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska. These storms primarily produced large hail up to baseball size, with a few instances of damaging thunderstorm winds. Later in the evening, a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) developed over eastern Colorado, spreading east across northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska during the overnight hours. These storms produced several tornadoes, along with thunderstorm wind gusts and thunderstorm wind damage. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | A significant wildfire began in Decatur County, Kansas and moved into Furnas and Red Willow Counties in Nebraska. The fire was confined to the far northeastern part of the county as it started here and quickly burned north-northeast. A multi-mission aircraft from Colorado mapped the fire and showed it to have burned an area 28 miles long across 44,024 total acres, putting the number of acres burned in Decatur County around 1,000 acres, with Red Willow County at around 28,000 and 15,000 in Furnas County, NE. Resources from all over were deployed to help with this fire, including 3 Nebraska Air National Guard Blackhawk Helicopters and a Type 1 National Incident Management Team. Total personnel exceeded 100 at times. In addition, a NWS Incident Meteorologist (IMET) was deployed to this fire, the first deployment of an NWS IMET in our forecast area's history. Fighting the fire was difficult due to the rural/terrain area it was in, as well as persistent blowing dust. |
| Yearyear | 2,022 |
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